schedule


Tuesday 7 September
Introduction to the course
Lecture: Colonial Portraiture
Tuesday 14 September
Discussion of Craven chs. 3, 5, & 7 plus Paul Staiti, "Character and Class" (PDF)
Lecture: Federal Period art and the Grand Manner
Tuesday 21 September
Discussion of Craven chs. 8, 10, 12 & 18 plus Vivien Fryd, "Two Sculptures for the Capitol" (PDF)
Lecture: Landscape Painting
Tuesday 28 September
Discussion of Craven ch. 15 plus Angela Miller, "Millenium/Apocalypse" (PDF)
Lecture: Manifest Destiny and the American West
Tuesday 5 October • Museum Paper 1 Due
Museum paper presentations
Lecture: Genre Painting and the American People
Tuesday 12 October
Discussion of Craven chs. 16, 19, and pp. 210-13 and 367-70
Lecture: American Realism
Tuesday 19 October
Discussion of Craven chs. 11, 23 (pp. 329-42), & 24
Review for Exam 1
Tuesday 26 October
Exam 1
Lecture: The Gilded Age and American expatriates
Tuesday 2 November
Discussion of Craven chs. 20, 22, & 23 (342-48), plus Whistler "Action for Libel" (PDF)
Lecture: How The Other Half Lives
Tuesday 9 November
Discussion of Craven chs. 25 (pp. 371-76), 29 (422-38) & 31 (468-76) plus Trachtenberg, "Lewis Hine" (PDF)
Lecture: Modernism in architecture
Tuesday 16 November
Discussion of Craven chs. 21, 24 (349-54), 27 & 33, plus Louis Sullivan, "The Tall Office Building" (PDF)
Lecture: Modernism in art
Tuesday 23 November
Discussion of Craven ch. 30, plus "The Armory Show" readings (PDF)
Lecture: After the Depression: Social Realism and Regionalism
Tuesday 30 November
Discussion of Carven chs. 28, 29 (439-43), 31 (476-80), & 36 (543-550)
Catch-up
Tuesday 7 December • Museum Paper 2 due
Museum paper presentations
Review for Exam 2, course evaluations
Tuesday 14 December
Exam 2
5:00- 6:30, Samia Center 216
Each day there will be 3 to 5 questions concerning the week's readings. These questions will guide you to concentrate on the most important issues as you read the assignment: everyone should think about them and come prepared to discuss them. Some of you will be given the assignment of writing and presenting a 1-page response to one of these questions. These presentations will serve to start a general discussion on the issues and relevant works, and should be turned in at the end of the class period.
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